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Apr 8, 2020 at 4:09 PM

Many restaurants in the town have created meals that serve multiple people.

What’s for dinner?

Many families are looking for meal solutions, especially as they continue to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic. One possibility: amply portioned family-style meals the island’s restaurants now are featuring as part of their takeout, curbside pickup and delivery menus.

Some of the family-style meals serve four people, others six — and they all typically include an appropriately sized salad or other starter, entrée, side dishes (if applicable) and dessert. Family-style meals also are available for two people.

“We decided to do family-style meals because there are definitely families in Palm Beach and sometimes it is easier to let someone else do the cooking, especially now,” said Lucian Puscasu, manager of Café Boulud, 301 Australian Ave.

Pamala Lomba, who co-owns Café Flora in Via Amore off Worth Avenue with her chef-husband Heinrich Lowenberg, said: “These kinds of meals are really convenient not only for families, but for couples. If there’s more than you need, you have enough for another meal.”

Café Flora (cafeflorapalmbeach.com; 561-514-4959) started offering family-style meals this week. They’re geared for two or four people and include a choice of salad and entree — Bolognese lasagna or roasted chicken with side dishes — and dessert, including Key Lime pie.

Café Flora’s dinner for two is $45 and dinner for four, with a couple of other perks, is $80. You can add a bottle of wine for an additional $18.

Café Boulud (cafeboulud.com; 561-655-6060) also features family-style meals for two or four people. The meals come with soup, mesclun salad and baguette with Vermont butter.

Café Boulud’s family-style meals start at $63 for two people and $110 for four people. Bottles of wine are 30 percent off. For dessert, try a dozen house-made cookies or a dozen house-made brownies for $24.

Meat Market (meatmarket.net; 561-354-9800), 191 Bradley Place, offers packaged family-style meals, too — and with plenty of beef. Steak dinners for two come with side dishes (from smashed potatoes to grilled asparagus), appetizer (such as tuna tartare), choice of salad, main course and dessert. A family-style meal for two with Prime-grade picanha steak is $100; a meal with a sliced 30-ounce tomahawk steak is $150.

Meat Market also features feasts for six people for $325. The six-person feast includes tuna tartare, whole roasted cauliflower, Wagyu beef dumplings, choice of large salads, side dishes and a 30-ounce Wagyu tomahawk steak, 16-ounce Prime picanha and 16-ounce Prime New York strip steak. Also: Nutella cookies.

Among other restaurants on the island offering family-style meals for takeout, curbside pickup or delivery: Cucina (cucinapalmbeach.com; 561-855-7799), 257 Royal Poinciana Way.

Cucina’s featured family-style meal, priced at $50, serves five people. It includes spaghetti and meatballs, house salad, garlic bread and New Orleans-style beignets for dessert.

Another suitable family-style meal from Cucina is pizza. Large pies start at $18.

Among other pizza spots on the island, Pizza al Fresco (pizzaalfresco.com; 561-832-0032), 14 Via Mizner, normally features 25-plus different pizzas; now it offers 21 as part of its takeout and delivery offerings.

The pies range from margherita and pepperoni, to a pie with crab meat and avocado. The “Palm Beach” pizza is topped with mozzarella, smoked salmon, caviar, red onion, capers and sour cream.